POLS 2401: Global Issues

3 Credit Hours

Global Issues is an introductory survey course designed to introduce the students to numerous current issues confronting the globe’s policy-makers and populations. Specifically, the course provides an opportunity for diversity in the students’ educational program and provides information that fosters global understanding and engagement.

Course Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:

Identify numerous current global issues confronting the globe’s policy-makers and populations.
Define and explain the key concepts necessary to study various current global issues.
Analyze the impact of economic, cultural, political and historical factors on the development of the globalized world.
Apply the foundations and key concepts to contemporary global challenges.
Illustrate a diversity of perspectives and develop a global understanding and engagement on current global issues.